François Froideval

François Marcela Froideval

(b. 10 December 1958, France)

(artwork by Cyril Pontet)

François Froideval is a French comics writer, specialized in heroic fantasy, but also in fiction in general. He wrote his first stories in the mid-1970s. He cooperated on the launch of the Jeux et Stratégie magazine, for which he wrote editorial text and developed several game pages. Afterwards, Froideval was editor-in-chief of Casus Belli periodical until his depart for the USA in 1982. In the States, he worked in the game animation field, like on the 'Donjons & Dragons' cycle.

In March 1988, Froideval turned to comics, with some comics for Pilote and Charlie ('Le Ninja de la Nuit' and 'Cauchemar', drawn by Henry Bismuth and Tignous). A year later, he started the fantasy cycle 'Les Chroniques de la Lune Noire' with Olivier Ledroit. After five episodes, the artwork on the series was taken over by Cyril Pontet.